Susan Crile American, b. 1942

Susan Crile was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1942. Earning her Bachelor of Arts Degree at Bennington College, Vermont, Crile also studied at New York University and Hunter College, NYC. She currently lives and works in New York City and is a Professor at Hunter College of The City University of New York.

 

Crile's powerful paintings and drawings of The Fires of War debuted in exhibitions at The Saint Louis Art Museum and the Blaffer Gallery of The University of Houston, followed by venues including the National Council for Culture, Art and Letters, Kuwait City, State of Kuwait. Among New York museums that include Crile's work in their permanent collections are The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; The Brooklyn Museum; and The Albert-Knox Art Gallery. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Center, Library of Congress, and The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; and The Denver Museum of Art, Denver, CO are among other museums including Crile's work in their collections.With over forty solo exhibitions to her credit since 1971, Crile most recently soloed at James Graham & Sons, NYC. Numerous group exhibitions - both national and international - have included her work. Public collections representing Crile's work include Chase Manhattan Bank, West Germany and NYC; Chemical Bank, CitiBank, and Exxon Corporation, NYC; and General Electric Company, CT.Honors earned by Crile include the Ingram Merrill Foundation Grant (1972), two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships (1982 & 1989), and in 1990 a residency in painting at the American Academy in Rome. Crile has also been a resident visual artist at the MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH and Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY.